MBB Box: No. 2 Baylor 77, Iowa State 72 (Waco, Texas)

[Kaye, David]

Postgame video files and pool photos uploaded here: http://baylorbea.rs/MediaMBB

No. 2/2 Baylor 77 (18-0, 10-0 Big 12), Iowa State 72 (2-17, 0-14 Big 12)
Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center)
Feb. 23, 2021


  *   Baylor’s 18-0 passed the 17-0 start of 2011-12 for the best start in program history.
  *   Baylor’s 18-game winning streak is 2nd-longest in program history (23 in 2020).
  *   Baylor’s streak of 17-consecutive wins by 8+ points was snapped. BU was the first team with a 17-game streak of 8+-point wins since UNLV in 1990-91.
  *   Baylor reached double-digit Big 12 wins for the 6th time in the last 7 seasons after doing so in only 2 of the league’s first 18 years (2010, 2012).
  *   Baylor did not build a double-digit lead for the first time all season – the Bears’ largest lead was 5 points.
  *   BU took its first lead of the game at 66-65 with 4:29 remaining.
  *   The Bears trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half – it was the first time this season the Bears trailed by double-figures.
  *   Baylor has now led by at least 5 points in all 48 games since the start of the 2019-20 season.
  *   Baylor trailed at halftime for the 3rd time all season. BU has led at halftime in 15 of 18 games this season.
  *   Jared Butler (1,135 career points) passed Larry Gatewood (1,120) for 24th on Baylor’s all-time scoring list.
  *   Adam Flagler (team-high 22 points off the bench) had his 11th career 20-point game (first at Baylor).
  *   Mark Vital tied his season-high with 15 rebounds, marking the 3rd time in his career he’s posted 15+ boards.
  *   Vital tied Baylor Basketball radio analyst Pat Nunley for 8th on the Bears’ all-time games started list with 93.
  *   Vital extended his school-record with a 42nd career Big 12 win (3 more than any other player).
  *   Butler and Matthew Mayer recorded their 35th career Big 12 wins, tying Quincy Acy and Taurean Prince for 6th-most in BU history.


 Thanks,

DK


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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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